A group of scientists and volunteers released seven tiny Silvery blue butterflies in San Francisco’s Presidio Tuesday in an effort to add a hint of new life to a biodiversity-constrained world. The ...

For so many people, the classroom transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is one of their earliest experiences with science and nature. Which is why it’s so distressing to know that the ...

Garrick Travis Mijares warns that pollinator populations are declining due to habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change ...

The number of monarch butterflies migrating to California over the winter has hit a near-record low, according to the agency that conducts the annual count. The 28th annual Western Monarch Count ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif.— After nearly 30 years of petitions and lawsuits by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected one of Southern California’s rarest ...

Hallberg Butterfly Gardens have been thriving for more than 30 years in Sebastopol and this weekend will hold a plant sale ...

Cal Academy of Sciences and The Presidio join conservation efforts to bring blue butterflies back to San Francisco coast. Genetic sequencing links Silvery blue butterflies to extinct Xerces blue.

Early California butterfly enthusiast John A. Comstock was enchanted by the Hermes copper butterfly, describing it in 1927 as “a fascinating little sprite.” But even as far back as the '20s, it was ...

CAMARILLO, Calif. - Cal State University Channel Islands has joined forces with the non-profit Native Monarchs. Although ...